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A225420
a(n) is the least number k such that the sum of the n Moebius function values beginning at k reaches the maximum value A083544(n).
2
1, 14, 33, 32, 91, 141, 213, 212, 213, 3090, 3093, 3090, 3090, 3090, 38405, 38404, 3090, 3090, 38401, 38400, 294581, 294581, 39569681, 5571498, 68780189, 294577, 68780189, 53758490, 92636277, 456742389, 1176172581, 880346227, 3953000577, 13821836609, 948481781, 948481780, 948481781, 5332819926, 35398246981, 35398246979
OFFSET
1,2
EXAMPLE
For n = 2, the 14 sums are 0, -2, -1, -1, 0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, -1, 0, 2.
MATHEMATICA
mu = Table[MoebiusMu[i], {i, 1000000}]; t = Table[s = Total /@ Partition[mu, n, 1]; mx = Max[s]; pos = Position[s, mx, 1, 1][[1, 1]]; {mx, pos}, {n, 22}]; Transpose[t][[2]]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A008683 (Moebius function), A083544 (maximum values of sums).
Sequence in context: A155819 A120711 A018959 * A107484 A076329 A261560
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
T. D. Noe, May 07 2013
EXTENSIONS
a(23)-a(24) added by T. D. Noe, May 08 2013
More terms from Don Reble, Apr 21 2021
STATUS
approved